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   Nov 22, 2023 · Although Fort Worth marked the 50th anniversary of Kennedy’s fateful visit to Fort Worth with a commemorative event, there were no special events planned to commemorate this year’s anniversary. But tour buses and visitors to downtown continually stop by the JFK Tribute in General Worth Square at 916 Main Street, according to Andy Taft, president of Downtown Fort Worth Inc.

2. www.archives.gov › publications › prologueThe Hours before Dallas | National Archives

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   Jun 15, 2023 · Vice President Lyndon Johnson, Jacqueline Kennedy, and President Kennedy at the breakfast in Fort Worth's Hotel Texas on November 22, 1963. (NARA, Kennedy Library) In November of 1963, to seek support for New Frontier policies and with an eye on the 1964 elections, President John F. Kennedy set out on what was planned as a two-day, five-city tour of Texas.

3. www.star-telegram.com › news › localJFK’s last day: Rare photos of Nov. 22 visit to Fort Worth TX ...

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   Oct 31, 2022 · President John F. Kennedy walking with group of men including, from left, Jim Wright, Don Kennard, Gov. John Connally, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Fort Worth, 11/22/1963 Fort Worth Star ...

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4. www.fortworth.com › things-to-do › attractionsJohn F. Kennedy Tribute Memorial in Fort Worth, TX

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   JFK Tribute. On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy gave an impromptu speech to thousands of rain-drenched spectators on the front steps of the historic Hotel Texas, now the Hilton Fort Worth, followed by a formal presentation at the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce breakfast. The JFK Tribute in Fort Worth’s General Worth Square marks ...

5. www.themagazineantiques.com › article › a-long-time-goneA long time gone: Art, the Kennedy years, and the Hotel Texas

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   May 30, 2013 · On the eve of President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy’s visit to Dallas in 1963 a group of Fort Worth collectors gathered sixteen mas­terworks of European and American art and installed them in the presidential suite in the Hotel Texas. Fifty years later their gesture is bound to strike us as astonishing, improbable, and wonderfully utopian.

6. www.archives.gov › research › jfkChapter 2 | National Archives

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   Aug 15, 2016 · The two Dallas newspapers provided their readers with a steady stream of information and speculation about the trip, beginning on September 13, when the Times-Herald announced in a front page article that President Kennedy was planning a brief l-day tour of four Texas cities--Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, and Houston.58 Both Dallas papers cited White House sources on September 26 as ...

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   Where did President Kennedy give a speech in Fort Worth?

   • During his stop in Fort Worth, President Kennedy made time for a speech in a parking lot near the Hotel Texas. (NARA, Kennedy Library) At 8:45 a.m., President Kennedy, Congressman Wright at his side, strode out of the hotel, neither of them wearing raincoats.

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   Why did John Kennedy visit Fort Worth and Dallas?

   • Kennedy’s visit to Fort Worth and Dallas was part of a Texas tour, which was planned to try to reunite a Democratic Party that had fractured into conservative and liberal factions.

   Nov. 22, 1963: Fort Worth welcomed JFK with cheers on a day that ended

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   Who created the JFK tribute?

   • The JFK Tribute was created through a public-private partnership between Downtown Fort Worth Initiatives Inc. and Shirlee and Taylor Gandy, who raised $2 million to finish the project that was more than a decade in the making. It was dedicated on Nov. 8, 2012.

   Nov. 22, 1963: Fort Worth welcomed JFK with cheers on a day that ended

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   Why did Secret Service agents worry about JFK in Dallas?

   • Animosity toward JFK in Dallas was a concern for Secret Service agents, who worried about his safety staying overnight in the luxurious Will Rogers suite on the top floor of Hotel Texas, now known as Hilton Fort Worth.

   Nov. 22, 1963: Fort Worth welcomed JFK with cheers on a day that ended

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   What is the narrative of President Kennedy's trip to Dallas?

   • THIS CHAPTER describes President Kennedy's trip to Dallas, from its origin through its tragic conclusion. The narrative of these events is based largely on the recollections of the participants, although in many instances documentary or other evidence has also been used by the Commission.

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   Who was involved in President Kennedy's Texas trip?

   • Involvement in President Kennedy's Texas trip had begun for the assigned Secret Service agents, specialists of the White House Communication Agency, and a handful of advance men—myself among them—on November 12, when we gathered at Andrews Air Force Base on the outskirts of Washington.

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8. www.jfklibrary.org › asset-viewer › archivesRemarks at Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce breakfast, Fort ...

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   Breadcrumb. Home; Digital Archives; Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files. (JFKPOF) Remarks at Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce breakfast, Fort Worth, Texas, 22 November 1963 (JFKPOF-048-021)